スクイッド荘の殺人

烏賊川市 #9

by Tokuya Higashigawa, 東川篤哉

閑古鳥さえ寄りつかない鵜飼探偵事務所に、待望の依頼人が訪れた。なんと烏賊川市の有力企業社長・小峰三郎。三郎は、クリスマスに宿泊するスクイッド荘に同行し、脅迫者から自分を護ってほしいという。断崖絶壁に建つ奇妙な形のスクイッド荘は大雪に見舞われ、いかにも怪事件が起こりそうなムード。探偵と助手が酒と温泉にうつつを抜かしている間に、殺人者はひたひたと忍び寄り……。烏賊川市シリーズ13年ぶりの長編！

439 pages, Kindle Edition

First published April 19, 2022

About the author

Tokuya Higashigawa (1968–) debuted in 2002 with a novel that won him the Kappa-ONE Newcomers Prize in a contest open to the general public. Since then, he has concentrated solely on writing humorous mysteries, a genre that is not well established in Japan. With Nazotoki wa dina no ato de (The Riddle-Solving Can Wait till After Dinner), he became a best-selling author. Jokes and witty dialogue between unconventional characters are his forte, but his works are held solidly together by tricks of logic and well-conceived puzzles. Higashigawa has received praise from older mystery writers for his skillful reinventions of such devices as the locked-room murder and the dying message, and for his versatility in being able to craft novels that involve kidnappings, contract killings, and other daring crimes.